Rob Van Dam continues to defend himself following recent negative comments regarding a spot on AEW Dynamite.
On the latest episode of 1 Of A Kind with RVD, the WWE Hall of Famer continued his war of words with the AEW fanbase, calling them the worst part of the company.
“I didn’t bash AEW, I wouldn’t bash AEW, and it seems to me by far, the worst part about AEW and I hope this quote gets picked up, is the fans on IWC. The fans are so ignorant,” Rob Van Dam said. “Here’s what I said, I’m going to say it again. So if it hurt to hear it the first time, you’re going to hear it again.
“I’m gonna tell you what I did say, okay? My whole career, in ECW, even before that, the matches that Sabu taught me were garbage matches, which included all the weapons and gore and had wrestlers that didn’t even have to know how to wrestle to be in the match, okay? Those have always been at the bottom of the list of my favorite matches. That’s my opinion.
“If you don’t think I have a right to say that because I was in ECW, so here’s the thing. Those matches, especially the ones that have thumbtacks, glass, fire, fishhooks, and when they have the competitors in there that don’t do a single wrestling move, and they don’t even have to know how to wrestle quote, to me, that’s not wrestling.
RVD believes AEW & WWE are going in two separate directions in terms of in-ring style
“The more AEW does things like that, like the Jon Moxley spiked bat thing, and I think that they’re heading in that direction more, and I think WWE is heading into more old school WWE storytelling in the ring and less of let’s stick a knife through someone’s cheek, burn their house down, go for shock value, the more that they seem to be two separate styles, which I’m fine with, the more I personally would rather have RVD, the wrestler associated with WWE.
“Now, if you heard that and you still feel like I’m bashing AEW, you need to check yourself. You’re way too defensive because I’m not. And I’m not even bashing that spot. I don’t like that spot, but the people don’t understand. The fans are so challenged that they hit me with things like, well, if you did that kind of stuff and you’re saying you don’t like it, you’re a hypocrite. That’s not what a hypocrite is.”
You can check out RVD’s initial comments on the Jon Moxley spiked bat spot by clicking the link below.
READ MORE: Jon Moxley Spiked Bat Spot Makes Rob Van Dam Favor Being Associated With WWE Over AEW
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